The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-17
CLEVELAND AND MANNING.
The Inside Facts to the Relations of tho
Two Men Made Public.

Two Men Made Public.
Special to Louisville Courier-Journal
The facts are that for some tine past there hae
not been the best feeling between the President
and Mr.. Manning The President really desired
Mr. Manning to resign after his stroke of paral-
yss last spring, but the latter was not inclined
to do so. During the tirie of Mr.. Manning's
illness the President was uneasy about how
things were going on in the Treasury and was
constantly expecting something to go wrong
there. In December he held several confer
ences with Mr. Manning, ard it is said at one
of these interviews advised him. as frer d, to
no longer attempt in his present state of health.
to shoulder such heavy responsibilities Mr.,
Manning, however, did not indicate what he
proposed to do.
Things were brought to a crisis, however,
early i'll January. The House. on Dec. A.
passed a resolution making inquiry as to the in
terpretation given by the Treasury Department.
to the tariff law of 1883. in regard TO the on
fish caught in the lakes or the Canadian tribu-
taries. 1t is strongly presumed that this resolu-
ton of inquiry was placed in the hands of Mr.
Manton Marble to lcok up the facts and make an
This he did in a letter to Congress dated
Jan. 10. and signed Daniel Manning, Secretary
of the Treasury"
Mr.. Marble is able and aggressive witter,
and he embraced the Opportunity afforded him
and went out of his way to apply some sound
principle and vigorous language The latter
was voted on all sides able presentation Of
the subject, but was out of place, coming, as
it did from the Treasury Department.
1t created sensation in Congress. startled
the President in the White House and paralyzed
the entire State Department. They do say that
Secretary Bayard tainted away when he read
1t, and Immediately upon regainine conscious
ness rushed frantically over 10 the White House.
What occurred between the President and his
Secretary of State has never been made public.
That the President dispeased with the
Marble letter. however, was no secret at the
time. He had an interview with Mr.. Manning
and at that interview it was definitely arranged
that Mr.. Manning should resign.
The foregoing are the facts in the case
Mr. Manning was not popular in his Office,
either among the employees or those who called
to transact business with him. He rarely
treated caller cordially and was regarded
by many as officially nsolent The result of
this was that those closely around him caught
the fever. and his private secretary and lackey
at the door never missed an opportunity to display
their rudeness. Then, again Mr. Manning is
greatly overrated man. He is not statesman
or philosopher. He is simply good politician
when ''the boys in the trenches furnish him the
material TO construct machine That ls all.
He can neither write nor speak, and it is per-
fectly we'll known that all his public documents
were prepared for him by Manton Marble and
Sidney Webster, aided and advised by Mr. Til
den down to the death of the Sage of Greystone
Mr. Manning is dull, solid man OF business
who rose from Office boy to business manager OF
a newspaper, and later of bank These are
simple facts which the country ought 20 know.